Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., will introduce its Intelligent Atmosphere Analyzers, enabled by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), at Heat Treat 2017 in Columbus, Ohio, from October 24-26.
Continue readingLindberg MPH ships tube heat-treating furnace for research and development
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a 2190°F hinged three-zone furnace to an R&D lab for heat treating process tubes and retorts made of ceramic, quartz, or metal alloys.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships heavy duty walk-in ovens to Chinese auto parts maker
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two natural-gas direct-fired heavy-duty walk-in series ovens to a manufacturer of automotive parts in China.
Continue readingSciaky receives President’s Award for its electron beam additive manufacturing systems
Sciaky Inc., Chicago, announces that it has received the President’s “E” Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the export of its industry-leading electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) systems to countries around the world.
Continue readingHigh-impact research to be revealed at Heat Treat 2017
More than 125 presentations of original, unpublished work will be delivered when the ASM Heat Treating Society convenes for its 29th conference and exhibition in Columbus, Ohio, October 24-26. The information exchanged in these sessions – as researchers and practitioners share their latest discoveries, theories, and advancements – will have a significant impact on design and manufacturing innovation as well as the fortunes of industry.
Continue readingGKN develops case hardening steel powder for 3D printing high-strength parts
GKN plc, Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced 20MnCr5, a new case hardening steel powder optimized for metal additive manufacturing applications.
Continue readingNanoAl Superalloys to present six papers about its aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017
NanoAl Superalloys, Skokie, Ill., announces that its engineers will present six papers about its high-strength aluminum alloys at MS&T 2017 in Pittsburgh in October, some in conjunction with engineers from universities and other companies.
Continue readingDepartment of Energy awards $4 million for projects to extract rare earths from coal
The Department of Energy, Washington, has announced nine projects that will receive approximately $4 million in cost-shared federal funding to improve the technical, environmental, and economic performance of new and existing technologies that extract, separate, and recover rare earth elements from domestic U.S. coal and coal byproducts.
Continue readingUnited States Steel, Kobe Steel to invest $400 million to galvanize high strength steels
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, and Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan, will begin construction of a new continuous galvanizing line at their subsidiaries’ joint venture, Pro-Tec Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effects of Nitrocarburizing on Stainless Steel
Electrochemical measurements show that transpassivity (which is necessary for the onset of pitting) of expanded austenite occurs at appreciably higher applied voltages than for austenite with the same metallic composition but without nitrogen.
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